Official 6-Meter-Tall Gundam Statue to Rise in China

Gundam.info, the official Gundam portal site, announced on Thursday that a 20-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the original RX-78-2 Gundam mobile suit will rise over Shanghai this month. Bandai (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd., the Namco Bandai Group's subsidiary for toy design and merchandising in China, is erecting the statue in Shanghai at the 8th China International Animation, Cartoon and Game Fair, which will run from July 12 to July 16.